Grok gets a hyperscaler

Google’s new AI app NotebookLM available for mobile phones

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Algot Persson
May 19, 2025

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  • Grok gets a hyperscaler

  • Google’s new AI app NotebookLM available for mobile phones

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Grok gets a hyperscaler

Microsoft has added xAI’s Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini models to its Azure AI Foundry platform, becoming one of the first major cloud providers to offer managed access to the controversial AI system developed by Elon Musk’s startup.

Announced Monday, the models will include standard service-level agreements and billing through Microsoft, aligning them with other enterprise-grade AI offerings on Azure. While Grok is known for its unfiltered and provocative style on Musk’s social platform X, the versions available on Azure are more restricted and come with enhanced governance, data integration, and customization tools. Despite the recent controversies, this brings Grok further into the enterprise AI ecosystem. Reports of the model generating offensive content and politically biased responses suggest that Microsoft’s partnership is aimed at expanding customer choice while tightening oversight of Grok’s behavior in professional environments.

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Google’s new AI app NotebookLM available for mobile phones

NotebookLM

Google has released mobile apps for NotebookLM, its AI-powered note-taking and research assistant, on Android and iOS. The launch, announced Monday, comes a day ahead of the Google I/O 2025 conference and earlier than initially scheduled. Previously available only on desktop since its 2023 debut, NotebookLM now supports mobile features, including AI-generated Audio Overviews with offline and background playback, smart summaries, and in-app document Q&A. Users can create and access notebooks, add sources directly from websites, PDFs, or YouTube, and toggle between light and dark modes. The early release suggests Google may spotlight the app during its I/O keynote on Tuesday.

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